Seamus

name

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The verdict

“Seamus” is uncommon French (frequency #61,136 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,136
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-seamus · Seamus · French

Seamus · rank #61,136 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,136
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH scélérats

Nearest frequency peer: scélérats (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Seamus »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Seamus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Seamus
PropertyValue
HeadwordSeamus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#61,136
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Seamus » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Seamustombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « scélérats » (#61,135), « Seigner » (#61,137), « scrutant » (#61,134). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Seamus » est au #61,136. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Seamus is uncommon French at frequency #61,136 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Seamus in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Seamus, spelled S-E-A-M-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Seamus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Elle a, par exemple, déjà accueilli les interprètes de Viktor Krum et de Seamus Finnigan.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Seamus"?
"Seamus" is spelled S-E-A-M-U-S.
What does "Seamus" mean?
As a proper noun, "Seamus" means: Prénom masculin.
What language does "Seamus" come from?
"Seamus" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Seamus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sernin#61,139Seveso#61,140sevrer#61,141sexton#61,142

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list